Summary and Analysis of Das Kapital by Karl Marx Home » Literature » Non-Fiction » Summary and Analysis of Das Kapital by Karl Marx Summary and Analysis of Das Kapital by Karl Marx Pages: 1 2 Das Kapital by Karl Marx was the result of nearly thirty years of work on the part of Karl Marx and his influences and protracted study of the nature of not only the capitalist economy, but also the social and historical forces that shape interactions among people both within and outside of trade. The first volume ofDas Kapital was published in 1867 at a time when the working conditions for industrial laborers were terrible and the division between the classes was growing increasingly more pronounced. It must not be forgotten that Das Kapital was a work born out of the industrial revolution and although eventually conditions would change for the better, this is an important treatise and critique of the system that created such squalor for some many of the working poor in Europe.

For the most part, according to the editor’s introduction essay to the translation of Das Kapital, much of Marx’s observations of the thirty-year period were in England, which were at once the center of the industrial revolution (with all of its glory) as well as the epicenter of the urban degradation caused by rapid and massive industrialization . While these theories about the nature of the worker, the work day, the capitalist, and economies in general were influential after their first publication, the same ideas still persist in general conversations about our modern economy—especially in terms of capitalism. In order to present the most succinct overview, analysis, and interpretation of Das Kapital ,it seems necessary to chronologically go through Das Kapital for this essay and examine some key points and themes, examine them within Marx’s context, and finally present them as templates for looking at modern capitalism society, industry, and economy. Without any fanfare, Marx begins the first chapter of Das Kapital with a statement concerning commodities. He defines a commodity as “an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants of sort or another” (125).

It is interesting that Marx begins the text with a discussion and definition of a commodity and after several successive chapters, it is clear to see that the commodity is one of the main driving forces behind capitalism. The commodity itself, however, is only valued according to demand or other more ethereal conditions and thus it is a perfect item for the capitalist as it presents no fixed “price” in itself, but its value is rather determined by desire and the potential for profit. To backtrack for a moment, however, a more concise definition of commodity is contained within the idea of “use value.” This refers to a commodity’s value in how it will be used and how it is desired but this value, according to Marx, has little to do with the actual labor that went into the production of the item. Again, while it is not immediately clear at this early point in the text, the use value versus the idea of labor are important issues because there is more distinction between the two than one might initially think. For instance, something might have a very high use-value and be greatly desired.

This desire leads the capitalist to make it expensive and the laborer who made the desired commodity is not paid what the desired commodity is worth, but rather is paid living wages while the surplus profits go directly to the capitalist since he owns the means of production. While that was a very brief, concise, but altogether limited description of the process behind commodities and use value, it is useful background information to frame the discussion as this analysis continues. After this introduction to commodities and use values in Das Kapital , the idea of exchange value becomes of equal importance. As Marx puts it in one of the important quotations from “Das Kapital”, “As use values, commodities are, above all, of different qualities, but as exchange values they are merely different quantities, and consequently do not contain an atom of use value” (127). In other words, it is the proportion by which use values of one kind exchange for use values of another kind. This is a vital and fluctuating relationship and has less to do with the commodity than it might initially seem. For example, to put this into a modern context, let us assume that an iPod and a particular brand of cell phone equal x. In this case let’s make “x” stand for an inexpensive computer.

In short, both the iPod and the cell phone must come out to be equivalent to another item. While this may be a confusing analogy, it is important to remember that the common item cannot be part of the initial commodity but rather must be subtracted from its use-value. Once those use values are taken care of, the only commodity left is the work that went into the production of the item. In short, the common element in a commodity’s exchange-value is simply the “value” of it. This means that it all comes down to labor. This is a common tactic Marx employs, at first there a number of daunting methods for scientifically extracting a conception of value but in the end, it all boils down to questions about work and laborer. What has not yet been mentioned, however, is that labor is not an issue when it comes to the natural resources that went into the final commodity since they did not require labor. Marx makes a strange shift in tone at the beginning of Chapter 2 of Das Kapital that should be noted and analyzed. He states, “persons exist for one another merely as representatives of, and, therefore, as owners of, commodities.

In the course of our investigation we shall find, in general, that the characters who appear on the economic stage are but the personifications of the economic relationships that exist between them” (178). This is slightly disconcerting because this is one of the few moments in Das Kapital when Marx seems to be offering an explicit social as well as economic critique about the nature of capitalist interactions. What he is suggesting, in essence, is akin to saying that this system of capital and commodities has reduced everyone to acting based on economic decisions. There is not a hint of emotion, ethics, or other moral guidance at play here. Instead, human interactions are thus reduced to exchange and more importantly, capital itself. In the same section of Das Kapital he goes on to remark upon the commodity that, “the bodily form of this commodity becomes the form of the socially recognized universal equivalent. To be the universal equivalent, becomes, by this social process, the specific function of the commodity thus excluded by the rest. Thus it becomes—money” (180). Although in this latter section essay from Das Kapital presented here it is less clear, this is an indeed a moral judgment Marx is passing along about the nature of capitalism.

He does not suggest at any other point throughout the text where capitalism and the ideological basis for it comes from, nor does he explore the ethics or morals to an great degree (at least overtly) but this is one clear case in which he is examining the way society is changed as a result of capital and commodities. We are no longer simply working together to form a society, but we are all individuals with varying amounts of capital, thus we are reduced to having human interactions that are limited and impersonal as we are all “characters” and as such we appear only as the economic relationships that define us. While some might argue that this is an overly literal way of reading the beginning of Chapter 2 of Das Kapital , it is important because it lets the reader into the morality as well as the scientific deconstruction of capitalism.

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Auflage; 2524 Seiten; Format: 15,0 x 22,0 cm ; Karl Marx (1818 - 1883); BAND 1: Kritik der politischen Ökonomie; Nach der vierten, von Friedrich Engels durchgesehenen und herausgegebenen Auflage, Hamburg 1890; aus dem INHALT: Vorwort zur ersten Auflage (Karl Marx); Nachwort zur zweiten Auflage (Karl Marx); Vor- und Nachwort zur französischen Ausgabe (Karl Marx); Zur dritten Auflage (Friedrich Engels); Vorwort zur englischen Ausgabe (Friedrich Engels); Zur vierten Auflage (Friedrich Engels); DER PRODUKTIONSPROZESS DES KAPITALS; Ware und Geld; Die Verwandlung von Geld in Kapital; Die Produktion des absoluten Mehrwerts; Die Produktion des relativen Mehrwerts; Die Produktion des absoluten und relativen Mehrwerts; Der Arbeitslohn; Der Akkumulationsprozeß des Kapitals; Anhang

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Minor wear to extremities. Also internally nice, clean and fresh. A lovely set. XXXII, 739; XXXVII, (1), 500; XXVIII, 448; IV, 422 pp. En excellent, complete set of Marx' seminal magnum opus, arguably the greatest revolutionary work of the nineteenth century, with the first volume in the highly important definitive 4th edition, volume two in the second edition and both parts of VOLUME THREE IN THE FIRST EDITION, all volumes edited by Engels. The first volume of Marx' groundbreaking "Capital" originally appeared in 1867, and only the first part of the work appeared in Marx' lifetime. The manuscript for the remaining parts was edited by Engels and the second volume originally appeared in 1885 with the second edition following in 1893. With its attac on capitalists and capitalist mode of production, this cornerstone of 19th century thought came to determine the trajectory of economics and politics of the Western world.

"The original plan of Marx, as outlined in his preface to the first German edition of Capital, in 1867, was to divide his work into three volumes. Volume I was to contain Book I, The Process of Capitalist Production. Volume II was scheduled to comprise both Book II, The Process of Capitalist Circulation, and Book III, The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole. The work was to close with volume III, containing Book IV, A History of Theories of Surplus-Value. When Marx proceeded to elaborate his work for publication, he had the essential portions of all three volumes, with a few exceptions, worked out in their main analyses and conclusions, but in a very loose and unfinished form. Owing to ill health, he completed only volume I. He died on March 14, 1883, just when a third German edition of this volume was being prepared for the printer. Frederick Engels, the intimate friend and co-operator of Marx, stepped into the place of his dead comrade and proceeded to complete the work. In the course of the elaboration of volume II it was found that it would be wholly taken up with Book II, The Process of Capitalist Circulation.

Its first German edition did not appear until May, 1885, almost 18 years after the first volume. The publication of the third volume was delayed still longer. When the second German edition of volume II appeared, in July, 1893, Engels was still working on volume III. It was not until October, 1894, that the first German edition of volume III was published, in two separate parts, containing the subject matter of what had been originally planned as Book III of volume II, and treating of The Capitalist Process of Production as a whole. The reasons for the delay in the publication of volumes II and III, and the difficulties encountered in solving the problem of elaborating the copious notes of Marx into a finished and connected presentation of his theories, have been fully explained by Engels in his various prefaces to these two volumes. His great modesty led him to belittle his own share in this fundamental work.

As a matter of fact, a large portion of the contents of Capital is as much a creation of Engels as though he had written it independently of Marx."(EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, by Ernest Untermann)(PMM 358 - first edition of vol. I). Bookseller Inventory # 51531 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Petersburg, N.P. Polyakova, 1872. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first edition in Russian (Vol 1 and only) . Lifetime editions . The first is ` Kapital` Karl Marx was the only one of all volumes Kapital` ' , which was released during the life of the founder (1867 ) and in final form has been edited by him. In it , Marx expounded his major scientific discovery : the principle of the dual nature of work , consisting in the product , the famous theory of surplus value ( value ) , the rationale of the materialist conception of history and trends of capitalist accumulation. We ship to worldwide destinations from worldwide origination points, including our overseas facilities. Shipping and handling charges are based on the actual weight.

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Bookseller Inventory # ABE-17425065585 Marx publishes Manifesto - Feb 21, 1848 - HISTORY.com Marx publishes Manifesto Publisher A+E Networks On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, is published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League. The political pamphlet–arguably the most influential in history–proclaimed that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” and that the inevitable victory of the proletariat, or working class, would put an end to class society forever. Originally published in German as Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (“Manifesto of the Communist Party”), the work had little immediate impact. Its ideas, however, reverberated with increasing force into the 20th century, and by 1950 nearly half the world’s population lived under Marxist governments. Karl Marx was born in Trier, Prussia, in 1818–the son of a Jewish lawyer who converted to Lutheranism.

He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Berlin and Jena and initially was a follower of G.W.F. Hegel, the 19th-century German philosopher who sought a dialectical and all-embracing system of philosophy. In 1842, Marx became editor of the Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal democratic newspaper in Cologne. The newspaper grew considerably under his guidance, but in 1843 the Prussian authorities shut it down for being too outspoken. That year, Marx moved to Paris to co-edit a new political review. Paris was at the time a center for socialist thought, and Marx adopted the more extreme form of socialism known as communism, which called for a revolution by the working class that would tear down the capitalist world. In Paris, Marx befriended Friedrich Engels, a fellow Prussian who shared his views and was to become a lifelong collaborator. In 1845, Marx was expelled from France and settled in Brussels, where he renounced his Prussian nationality and was joined by Engels. During the next two years, Marx and Engels developed their philosophy of communism and became the intellectual leaders of the working-class movement.

In 1847, the League of the Just, a secret society made up of revolutionary German workers living in London, asked Marx to join their organization. Marx obliged and with Engels renamed the group the Communist League and planned to unite it with other German worker committees across Europe. The pair were commissioned to draw up a manifesto summarizing the doctrines of the League. Back in Brussels, Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto in January 1848, using as a model a tract Engels wrote for the League in 1847. In early February, Marx sent the work to London, and the League immediately adopted it as their manifesto. Many of the ideas in The Communist Manifesto were not new, but Marx had achieved a powerful synthesis of disparate ideas through his materialistic conception of history. The Manifesto opens with the dramatic words, “A spectre is haunting Europe–the spectre of communism,” and ends by declaring: “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of the world, unite!” In The Communist Manifesto, Marx predicted imminent revolution in Europe.

The pamphlet had hardly cooled after coming off the presses in London when revolution broke out in France on February 22 over the banning of political meetings held by socialists and other opposition groups. Isolated riots led to popular revolt, and on February 24 King Louis-Philippe was forced to abdicate. The revolution spread like brushfire across continental Europe. Marx was in Paris on the invitation of the provincial government when the Belgian government, fearful that the revolutionary tide would soon engulf Belgium, banished him. Later that year, he went to the Rhineland, where he agitated for armed revolt. The bourgeoisie of Europe soon crushed the Revolution of 1848, and Marx would have to wait longer for his revolution. He went to London to live and continued to write with Engels as they further organized the international communist movement. In 1864, Marx helped found the International Workingmen’s Association–known as the First International–and in 1867 published the first volume of his monumental Das Kapital–the foundation work of communist theory. By his death in 1884, communism had become a movement to be reckoned with in Europe.

Twenty-three years later, in 1917, Vladimir Lenin, a Marxist, led the world’s first successful communist revolution in Russia. Related Videos Das Kapital | work by Marx | Britannica.com work by Marx nonfictional prose Das Kapital, ( German: Capital [3 vol., 1867, 1885, 1894]) one of the major works of the 19th-century economist and philosopher Karl Marx (1818–83), in which he expounded his theory of the capitalist system, its dynamism, and its tendencies toward self-destruction. He described his purpose as to lay bare “the economic law of motion of modern society.” The second and third volumes were published posthumously, edited by his collaborator Friedrich Engels (1820–95). Much of Das Kapital spells out Marx’s concept of the “ surplus value ” of labour and its consequences for capitalism . According to Marx, it was not the pressure of population that drove wages to the subsistence level but rather the existence of a large army of unemployed, which he blamed on the capitalists.

He maintained that within the capitalist system, labour was a mere commodity that could gain only subsistence wages. Capitalists, however, could force workers to spend more time on the job than was necessary to earn their subsistence and then appropriate the excess product, or surplus value, created by the workers. Because all profit results from an “exploitation of labour,” the rate of profit—the amount per unit of total capital outlay—depends largely on the number of workers employed. Because machines cannot be “exploited,” they cannot contribute to total profits, though they help labour produce more useful products. Only payroll capital—“variable capital”—is productive of surplus value and consequently of profit. The introduction of machines is profitable for the individual entrepreneur , to whom they give an advantage over his competitors. However, as outlay for machinery grows in relation to outlay for wages, profit declines in relation to total capital outlay. Thus, for each additional capital outlay, the capitalist will receive less and less return and can attempt to postpone his bankruptcy only by applying pressure on the workers.

Ultimately, according to Das Kapital, the “capitalist class becomes unfit to rule, because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within his slavery.” Consequently, the capitalist system collapses, and the working class inherits economic and political power. Similar Topics Das Kapital by Karl Marx - AbeBooks Das Kapital by Karl Marx You Searched For: Results (1 - 30) of 726 1 Published by Hamburg: Otto Meissner (1867) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hamburg: Otto Meissner, 1867. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, complete in three separate volumes. An extremely rare set with ALL three books in nice shape. Separate title for part 2 of volume 3. Volume 1: library cloth with shelf label to bottom of spine; volume 2: original front and back wrappers mounted to later buff wrappers, unopened; volume 3: contemporary half black cloth and marbled boards with morocco spine label.

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Polyakova, 1872. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first edition in Russian (Vol 1 and only) . Lifetime editions . The first is ` Kapital` Karl Marx was the only one of all volumes Kapital` ' , which was released during the life of the founder (1867 ) and in final form has been edited by him. In it , Marx expounded his major scientific discovery : the principle of the dual nature of work , consisting in the product , the famous theory of surplus value ( value ) , the rationale of the materialist conception of history and trends of capitalist accumulation. We ship to worldwide destinations from worldwide origination points, including our overseas facilities. Shipping and handling charges are based on the actual weight. Buyers are advised to request a postage cost estimate before placing an order. Most orders are delivered by international mail within 30 days. For expedited shipping please contact us before placing your order. Bookseller Inventory # Plka001 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Otto Meissner 1890-94, Hamburg, 1890.

Quattro libri in 3 volumi (14x22 cm). 1) Erster Band. Buch I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals. Vierte, durchgesehene Auflage. (Quarta edizione, 1890). 2): Zweiter Band. Buch II: der Cirkulationsprocess des Kapitals. Zweite Auflage. (Seconda edizione, 1893). 3): Dritter Band, erster Theil. Buch III: Der Gesamtprocess der kapitalistischen Produktion. Kapitel I bis XXVIII. Zweiter Theil. Buch III: Der Gesamtprocess der kapitalistischen Produktion. Kapitel XXIX bis LII. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Engels. (Le due parti in un volume, in PRIMA EDIZIONE. 1894). Si tratta quindi della prima edizione completa del Capitale curato da Engels e pubblicato da Meissner. Al momento dell'uscita del terzo libro, gli altri due erano rispettivamente alla quarta e alla seconda edizione.

Legatura coeva in buona mezza pelle con titolo e fregio dorato al dorso, piatti e risguardie con carta marmorizzata. Fenditura alla cerniera anteriore del vol 2, che ha anche un timbro di biblioteca alla pagina di titolo, altrimenti ottime condizioni. Bookseller Inventory # 017498 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hamburg, Otto Meisner, 1890, 1893, 1894 8vo. Bound in four very nice contemporary, uniform half calf bindings with blindstamped and gilt decoration to spines, as well as gilt title- and tome-labels. Minor wear to extremities. Also internally nice, clean and fresh. A lovely set. XXXII, 739; XXXVII, (1), 500; XXVIII, 448; IV, 422 pp.

En excellent, complete set of Marx' seminal magnum opus, arguably the greatest revolutionary work of the nineteenth century, with the first volume in the highly important definitive 4th edition, volume two in the second edition and both parts of VOLUME THREE IN THE FIRST EDITION, all volumes edited by Engels. The first volume of Marx' groundbreaking "Capital" originally appeared in 1867, and only the first part of the work appeared in Marx' lifetime. The manuscript for the remaining parts was edited by Engels and the second volume originally appeared in 1885 with the second edition following in 1893. With its attac on capitalists and capitalist mode of production, this cornerstone of 19th century thought came to determine the trajectory of economics and politics of the Western world. "The original plan of Marx, as outlined in his preface to the first German edition of Capital, in 1867, was to divide his work into three volumes. Volume I was to contain Book I, The Process of Capitalist Production. Volume II was scheduled to comprise both Book II, The Process of Capitalist Circulation, and Book III, The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole.

The work was to close with volume III, containing Book IV, A History of Theories of Surplus-Value. When Marx proceeded to elaborate his work for publication, he had the essential portions of all three volumes, with a few exceptions, worked out in their main analyses and conclusions, but in a very loose and unfinished form. Owing to ill health, he completed only volume I. He died on March 14, 1883, just when a third German edition of this volume was being prepared for the printer. Frederick Engels, the intimate friend and co-operator of Marx, stepped into the place of his dead comrade and proceeded to complete the work. In the course of the elaboration of volume II it was found that it would be wholly taken up with Book II, The Process of Capitalist Circulation. Its first German edition did not appear until May, 1885, almost 18 years after the first volume. The publication of the third volume was delayed still longer. When the second German edition of volume II appeared, in July, 1893, Engels was still working on volume III.

It was not until October, 1894, that the first German edition of volume III was published, in two separate parts, containing the subject matter of what had been originally planned as Book III of volume II, and treating of The Capitalist Process of Production as a whole. The reasons for the delay in the publication of volumes II and III, and the difficulties encountered in solving the problem of elaborating the copious notes of Marx into a finished and connected presentation of his theories, have been fully explained by Engels in his various prefaces to these two volumes. His great modesty led him to belittle his own share in this fundamental work. As a matter of fact, a large portion of the contents of Capital is as much a creation of Engels as though he had written it independently of Marx."(EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, by Ernest Untermann)(PMM 358 - first edition of vol. I). Bookseller Inventory # 51531 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Petersburg., 1898. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description via the Land of Magazines site.

Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): full translation with German under edited of-mathematics V.D.Lyubimov. Petersburg. Edition Bookstore bookstore N.S.Askarhanova (Tipo-lithography and phototype P.I.Babkin). [1898]g. VII, 862 col. Hardcover hardcover, Collegiate (18,5 x 27 cm) format. /without stamps and seals./ This book may be shipped internationally, delivery may take up to 45-60 days. Buyers are advised to contact us for details on delivery time frame before placing an order. We prefer payments via PayPal (credit cards are accepted by PayPal). SKU1907871221 Language: Russian (unless indicated otherwise by the description). Bookseller Inventory # 1907871221 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Otto Meissners, Hamburg, Germany, 1910. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good +. Early Edition. TEXT IN GERMAN (not in a Gothic font) 3 Volumes from 3 different years. Vol.

1 1914: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, 739pp. Vol II. 1910 Der Cirkulationsprocess des Kapitals, 500pp. Vol III 1911 Part 1: Der Gesamtprozess der kapitalistischen Produktion, 448pp. Vol III part 2: Der Gesamtprozess der kapitalistischen Produktion 422pp. *All three are royal 8vo volumes have uniform bindings but for volume II, which has marbled paper over the boards. In original bindings, but I cannot say for sure that Vol II was not recased, as it has marbled paper over the boards but the spine strips are identical to the others. They are all solid clean copies with minor rubbing at the extremities (a touch of fraying starting on two of the spine ends. A contemporary signature and date is at the top of each title-page. Backing and hinges remain tight and the contents are fine throughout. Bookseller Inventory # 202616 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Dietz Verlag.

Versandkosten Inland 10,00 Euro (2 Pakete). Versandkosten Ausland bitte nachfragen. 1.) Band 1 bis Band 4, alle verlagsverpackt. 2.) Band 5, gut erhalten. 3.) Band 6, verlagsverpackt. 4.) Band 7, gut erhalten und 8, Besitzstempel, sonst gut erhalten. 5.) Band 9 bis Band 22, alle verlagsverpackt. 6.) Band 23 bis Band 25, Das Kapital, alle verlagsverpackt, aber ohne Rückennummerierung (für einige Auflagen typisch). 7.) Band 26.1 bis Band 26.3 als Theorien über den Mehrwert, hier als Teil I bis III, ohne Rückennummerierung, gut erhalten.

8.) Band 27 bis Band 31 verlagsverpackt, Band 32 Besitzstempel, Kopfschnitt staubfleckig, Titelinnenseite am Rücken aufgerissen und transparent nachgeklebt, Band 33, verlagsverpackt, Band 34, Besitzeintrag, sonst gut erhalten. 9.) Band 35 und 37, verlagsverpackt; 10.) Band 38, sehr gut erhalten, Band 39, Band 40 und Band 42, alle verlagsverpackt. Bookseller Inventory # BA-0007 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hamburg, Otto Meissner, 1. Bd.: 1909, 6. Aufl.; 2. Bd.: 1903, 3. Aufl.: 3. Bd.: 1904, 2. Aufl., 1909. XXXII, 739, XXVII, 500, XXVIII, 448, IV, 422 S. Hg.v.

Friedrich Engels. Band 1: Buch I. Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals. Band 2: Buch II. Der Cirkulationsprocess des Kapitals. Band 3: Buch III. Der Gesammtprocess der kapitalistischen Produktion. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 3150 Halbleinen der Zeit, marmorierter Schnitt. Beide Teile von Band 3 in einen Band gebunden. Kanten berieben, obere Kapitale leicht eingedrückt, 2 Seiten in Bd. 1 mit ganz leichter Verfärbung durch eingelegten Papierausriss, ein paar wenige Seiten am Rand ganz leicht (finger-) fleckig. Sehr schön erhaltene Bände. Bookseller Inventory # 41189 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Moscow, 1936. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description via the Land of Magazines site. Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): Volume 2 process circulation capital M Partizdat 1936. 458 pp.

Hardcover hardcover, enlarged format. This book may be shipped internationally, delivery may take up to 45-60 days. Buyers are advised to contact us for details on delivery time frame before placing an order. We prefer payments via PayPal (credit cards are accepted by PayPal). SKU1120318304 Language: Russian (unless indicated otherwise by the description). Bookseller Inventory # 1120318304 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1992. Full-Leather. Book Condition: As New. Collectors Edition. Two volumes, bound in full red leather, elaborately stamped in 22kt. gold. All edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in each volume. Introduction by Ian Shapiro. Translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. Edited by Frederick Engels. Revised and amplified according to the fourth German edition by Ernest Untermann.

A high quality production by the Easton Press--Smyth-sewn pages for strength and durability, long-lasting, high quality acid-neutral paper--of arguably the most important monograph on political economy written dutring the 19th century. Complete in two voulmes. No name, no book-plates, etc. A like new and unread set. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 004492 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Dietz, Berlin, 1959. Tre volumi (21 cm), legatura editoriale in piena tela con titolo dorato al piatto e al dorso. In lingua tedesca. Ottime condizioni. Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie komplett! Erster Band Buch I: Der Produktionsprozeß des Kapitals Zweiter Band Buch II: Der Zirkulationsprozeß des Kapitals Dritter Band Buch III: Der Gesamtprozeß der kapitalistischen Produktion.

Alle pagine di titolo TIMBRO della Bezirksparteischule SED, la scuola per i quadri del partito comunista della Germania Est- Testimonianza ormai rara (per i bibliofili) di un mondo crollato nel 1989. "Die Bezirksparteischule (BPS) der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) hatte die Aufgabe, SED-Nachwuchskräfte ideologisch zu potenziellen Führungskräften im DDR-Partei- und Staatsapparat auszubilden. Sie war nach der Parteihochschule ï¿½Karl Marx" in Berlin die zweithöchste Kaderschmiede der Staatspartei". (NB- Extra postage costs. Spedizione con Paccocelere). Bookseller Inventory # 017455 Karl Marx - Capital: complete English translation First Edition | Bauman Rare Books Karl MARX Item#: 61693 We're sorry, this item has been sold FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MARX’S CAPITAL MARX, Karl.

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1906-09. Three volumes. Thick octavo, original maroon publisher’s cloth. First complete edition in English, considered by many to be the definitive English edition, including the first volume written by Marx and the second and third volumes written by Frederich Engels from Marx’s notes. “It is doubtful that any figure in history has inspired more violently contradictory opinions than Karl Marx” (Downs, 22). “The author described Das Kapital as a continuation of his Zur Kritik des Politischen Oekonomie, 1859. It was in fact the summation of his quarter of a century’s economic studies, mostly in the Reading Room of the British Museum.

The ‘Athenaeum’ reviewer of the first English [edition] later wrote: ‘Under the guise of a critical analysis of capital, Karl Marx’s work is principally a polemic against capitalists and the capitalist mode of production, and it is this polemical tone which is its chief charm.’ The historical-polemical passages, with their formidable documentation from British official sources, have remained memorable; and, as Marx… wrote to Engels while the volume was still in the press, ‘I hope the bourgeoisie will remember my carbuncles all the rest of their lives.’ Carbuncles, financial embarrassment and political preoccupations of many kinds hampered Marx’s work on Das Kapital, which he would never have completed but for the material and moral support of Engels” (PMM 359). Expelled from Paris in 1844, from Brussells in 1848, and from Cologne in 1849, Karl Marx moved to London where, with Engels’ support, he endured hunger, the deaths of three of his children and the nervous breakdown of his wife, spending most of the next two decades immersed in research for his great historical analysis of capitalism.

Upon publication of Marx’s masterpiece in Hamburg, 1867, the International Working Men’s Association passed a resolution officially describing Das Kapital as the “Bible of the working class.” Only the first volume was completed and published in Marx’s lifetime; the remainder of the work was later constructed by Engels from Marx’s posthumous papers. Das Kapital’s English translations have a complex publishing history. As Ernest Untermann, the editor of this edition, points out in his notes, “The first English translation of the first volume of Capital was edited by Engels and published in 1886. Marx had in the meantime made some changes in the text of the second German edition and of the French translation, both of which appeared in 1873, and he had intended to superintend personally the edition of an English version. But the state of his health interfered with this plan. Engels utilised his notes and the text of the French edition of 1873 in the preparation of a third German edition, and this served as a basis for the first edition of the English translation. Owing to the fact that the title page of this English translation (published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

[in 1887]) did not distinctly specify that this was but volume I, it has often been mistaken for the complete work, in spite of the fact that the prefaces of Marx and Engels clearly pointed to the actual condition of the matter. In 1890, four years after the publication of the first English edition, Engels edited the proofs for a fourth German edition of volume I and enlarged it still more after repeated comparison with the French edition and with manuscript notes of Marx. But the Swan Sonnenschein edition did not adopt this new version in its subsequent English issues. This first American edition will be the first complete English edition of the entire Marxian theories of Capitalist Production. It will contain all three volumes of Capital in full.” Untermann neglects to mention or was unaware that Volume I only of Capital, “Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production,” was published in a New York edition by Humboldt concurrent with the London Swan Sonnenschein edition. Gift inscription. Interiors fine, original cloth lightly worn. Inner paper hinges expertly repaired. Near-fine condition.

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Question: In which year did Karl Marx publish the first volume of Das Kapital?
Answer: 1867